{"id":20427,"date":"2022-07-20T18:06:49","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T18:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jordan-peeles-nope-gets-a-yes-vote\/"},"modified":"2022-07-20T18:06:49","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T18:06:49","slug":"jordan-peeles-nope-gets-a-yes-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jordan-peeles-nope-gets-a-yes-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Peele&#8217;s &#8216;Nope&#8217; gets a yes vote."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-grBDNq hide-for-print mb-sm undefined\">\n<div class=\"PJLV PJLV-iAjpuP-css flex items-center pr-sm\" data-qa=\"article-actions\">\n<div class=\"wpds-c-fLphcs\"><button class=\"wpds-c-gNHrZC wpds-c-gNHrZC-bywHgD-variant-primary wpds-c-gNHrZC-biynoz-density-compact wpds-c-gNHrZC-hZSyid-isOutline-true wpds-c-gNHrZC-ejCoEP-icon-left wpds-c-gNHrZC-futxca-cv wpds-c-gNHrZC-ihhnWqF-css\"><button class=\"PJLV PJLV-igcOMTV-css\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" role=\"img\" class=\"wpds-c-coakfw wpds-c-efqEZa focus-highlight flex items-center justify-center brad-lg pointer transition-400 ease-in-out transition-colors\" aria-label=\"Comment on this story\" iconstyle=\"[object Object]\"><title>Comment on this story<\/title><path d=\"M14 14V2H2v9.47h8.18L12.43 13ZM3 10.52V3h10v9.23l-2.5-1.66Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p>Comment<\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"teaser-content grid-center\">\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"mb-md flex items-center\" data-qa=\"restaurant-stars\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"content-box\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" data-testid=\"star\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" role=\"img\"><title>StarSolid<\/title><path d=\"M6.06 5.34L7.52.84a.5.5 0 01.96 0l1.46 4.5h4.73a.5.5 0 01.3.9l-3.84 2.78 1.47 4.5a.5.5 0 01-.77.56L8 11.3l-3.83 2.78a.5.5 0 01-.77-.56l1.47-4.5-3.83-2.78a.5.5 0 01.3-.9h4.72z\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\"\/><\/svg><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"content-box\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" data-testid=\"star\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" role=\"img\"><title>StarSolid<\/title><path d=\"M6.06 5.34L7.52.84a.5.5 0 01.96 0l1.46 4.5h4.73a.5.5 0 01.3.9l-3.84 2.78 1.47 4.5a.5.5 0 01-.77.56L8 11.3l-3.83 2.78a.5.5 0 01-.77-.56l1.47-4.5-3.83-2.78a.5.5 0 01.3-.9h4.72z\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\"\/><\/svg><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"content-box\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" data-testid=\"star\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" role=\"img\"><title>StarSolid<\/title><path d=\"M6.06 5.34L7.52.84a.5.5 0 01.96 0l1.46 4.5h4.73a.5.5 0 01.3.9l-3.84 2.78 1.47 4.5a.5.5 0 01-.77.56L8 11.3l-3.83 2.78a.5.5 0 01-.77-.56l1.47-4.5-3.83-2.78a.5.5 0 01.3-.9h4.72z\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\"\/><\/svg><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"content-box\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" data-qa=\"half-star\" data-testid=\"half-star\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" role=\"img\"><title>StarHalf<\/title><path d=\"M8.48.84l1.46 4.5h4.73a.5.5 0 01.3.9l-3.84 2.78 1.47 4.5a.5.5 0 01-.77.56L8 11.3l-3.83 2.78a.5.5 0 01-.77-.56l1.47-4.5-3.83-2.78a.5.5 0 01.3-.9h4.72L7.52.84a.5.5 0 01.96 0zM8 3.13V9.9l2.88 2.1-1.1-3.4 2.89-2.1H9.1L8 3.14z\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"font-xs font--article-body bold ml-xxs\">(<!-- -->3.5 stars<!-- -->)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">There&#8217;s a reason virtually nothing is opening in movie theaters this week \u2014 virtually nothing, that is, except \u201cNope,\u201d the new sci-fi epic from writer, director and producer Jordan Peele.  Based on the success of Peele&#8217;s Oscar-winning horror debut \u201cGet Out\u201d and its follow-up \u201cUs,\u201d the filmmaker&#8217;s name alone has the power to strike fear into the hearts of studio heads and film distributors with a competing product to sell.  And so a wide berth has been given to Peele&#8217;s latest, a stylishly creepy alien-invasion tale starring Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Fittingly for a movie so big-footed it has scared away almost all comers, you&#8217;re going to want to see \u201cNope\u201d on the largest screen possible, and with the best and biggest sound system.  Set on a remote ranch in the picturesque California desert town of Agua Dulce, the film centers on siblings OJ and Emerald Haywood (Kaluuya and Palmer), Hollywood horse trainers who experience an unearthly visitation.  \u201cNope\u201d has been hand-tooled for the kind of presentation you can only get in a real theater \u2014 preferably Imax, to take full advantage of the film&#8217;s striking production design and eerie sound mix, which ranges from a thunderous, cinderblock-shaking roar to the kind of hush that isn&#8217;t so much a stillness as a sonic vacuum: the kind of silence in which you hear nothing but your own heartbeat.  Kudos to sound designer Johnnie Burn (a BAFTA nominee for \u201cThe Favorite\u201d), who deserves to be first in line for next year&#8217;s Oscars.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Before settling into its unsettling groove, \u201cNope\u201d must dispense with some perfunctory backstory involving the insolvency of the Haywoods&#8217; horse-wrangling business \u2014 who makes westerns anymore?  \u2014 and the mysterious death of their father (Keith David) six months before the main action gets underway.  We learn that OJ is a laconic cowboy type;  Emerald is a talker, and often rather funny.  There&#8217;s also a subplot involving a former child actor (Steven Yeun) from a 1990s sitcom starring a chimpanzee that infamously went berserk (in suitably horrific, bloody fashion), but that narrative pretty much goes nowhere.  Now the proprietor of a Wild West-themed tourist attraction in the desert, Yeun&#8217;s character feels shoehorned into a tight story that&#8217;s probably better off without him.  (Or, alternatively, he deserves his own separate movie.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Things pick up as OJ and Emerald decide they need to document some of the unexplained aerial phenomena (UAPs) they have lately begun encountering around their ranch: a cloud that never moves and a dark, saucerlike object that can be glimpsed slicing through it just behind the photogenic hills.  Not just document, but potentially monetize, by capturing footage they have dubbed the \u201cOprah shot\u201d: an unimpeachable, high-quality image that someone will pay for.  When it becomes clear that they&#8217;re dealing with something much stranger and deadlier than they originally thought, their plan evolves from making a quick buck to saving the Earth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">In that sense, at least, \u201cNope\u201d feels like a throwback, and in a good way.  It&#8217;s an old-school creature feature, replete with a creature that causes electrical blackouts, but defies the stereotype of the little green man.  And it gets a big jolt of contemporary juice from the fact it&#8217;s set in moviemaking country.  When OJ and Emerald realize they can&#8217;t handle the mystery on their own, they team up with a 20-something specialist in surveillance systems from a chain electronics store (Brandon Perea) and a grizzled guerrilla cameraman with a hand-wound film camera ( Michael Wincott).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">It&#8217;s a nod to the past, the present and the future of moviemaking, all at once.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">The acting here is quite good, particularly by Kaluuya, who exudes the strong, silent air of a modern Gary Cooper, all shrugs and monosyllables, and Palmer, who is his much more expressive foil.  But \u201cNope\u201d ultimately belongs to its director, not its actors.  Whether we&#8217;re watching some heavy CGI in the sky or flashback scenes featuring a rampaging primate (played by Terry Notary in an impressive motion-capture performance) or simply Kaluuya on horseback \u2014 a new kind of western hero in an orange hoodie \u2014 Peele tells his story visually, not verbally.  One particularly idiosyncratic sequence features OJ and Emerald setting up a warning system of colorful inflatable dancing men \u2014 the kind you sometimes see outside car dealerships \u2014 around the perimeter of their property.  It&#8217;s quintessential Peele: memorably surreal, spooky and a little bit silly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">The dialogue is not so important but features the title word prominently, spoken by OJ and Emerald in response to what they see.  You might find yourself saying \u201cnope,\u201d too, once or twice, in a way that&#8217;s really tantamount to saying \u201cyes\u201d to \u201cNope&#8217;s\u201d shivery pleasures, which feel both oldfangled and new.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\"><b>r.<\/b> At area theaters.  Contains coarse language throughout, some violence and bloody images.  131 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"b bt bc-offblack dn-ns hide-for-print\" data-testid=\"mostRead\" subscriptions-section=\"content\"\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comment on this story Comment StarSolidStarSolidStarSolidStarHalf(3.5 stars) There&#8217;s a reason virtually nothing is opening in movie theaters this week \u2014 virtually nothing, that is, except \u201cNope,\u201d the new sci-fi epic from writer, director and producer Jordan Peele. Based on the success of Peele&#8217;s Oscar-winning horror debut \u201cGet Out\u201d and its follow-up \u201cUs,\u201d the filmmaker&#8217;s name &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jordan-peeles-nope-gets-a-yes-vote\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jordan Peele&#8217;s &#8216;Nope&#8217; gets a yes vote.<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18806,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/nope-first-reactions-director-jordan-peele-praised-by-critics\/","url_meta":{"origin":20427,"position":0},"title":"&#8216;Nope&#8217; First Reactions: Director Jordan Peele Praised by Critics","date":"July 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The first reactions to Jordan Peele's \u201cNope\u201d are pouring in as the movie continues its premiere in Los Angeles, earning praises for the director's turn to science-fiction and drawing comparison to filmmakers like Steven Spielberg. 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